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With no signs of slowing down in the near future. Love this!!! In my 13 years in Columbus there has always been a lot of construction, but in the last year or so it's entered a whole new level.

Kind of a separate item, that has zero current plans and by no means am I a traffic engineer/designer, but more and more, the Cemetery/Fishinger exit and road into Hilliard is so congested as Hilliard has grown. It sounds kind of crazy I suppose, but I really wish there was an interchange of on/off ramps at the Davidson Rd area. Especially with how many homes are back there and the development along there now up against 270 (in green). I think it really would alleviate so much congestion.

Roughly 50M visitors in 2022 in Columbus! Not sure how that compares to other cities in Ohio but by numbers this seems pretty strong especially considering it's surpassing pre-pandemic numbers...

I really hope they keep the beautiful little park next to the building!! It's kind of tucked in and a feel like overlooked, but when you go by it, it's beautiful!!! I'm not even sure if the park is part of the property, there is that little strip of surface parking between them.

Architecturally I love the West Side Market, but architecture alone won't get you on a positive list. It sounds like from previous complaints/posters that its severely mismanaged and should be handed over to a team that knows what they're doing. I've been a handful a times, but it's been a long time, is the foot traffic in that area of town busy? Columbus' situation is unique right now. Between Budd Dairy, the new East Market and the North Market and future expansion, the food hall/market scene in this city is thriving and robust. We like to go over to East Market on Sundays and work our way back downtown for a little Sunday funday, usually stopping for a nice stroll through the Topiary Park. As for Cincinnati, I feel like with the ever evolving OTR, Findlay Market continues to feed off of that and stay alive. I really enjoy how much outdoor vendor space there is surrounding the buildings perimeter. Each city and respective markets are different in their own unique ways, but I'm just glad each of our cities has one to go to!! The company I work for is out of Philly, and I usually visit once or twice a year, and each time I make a point to go to Reading Terminal Market, it blows any of ours out of the water IMO, it's huge and always bustling when I go!!

10 Best Food Halls In the US. Budd Dairy in Columbus coming at at #4

Top 10 Picks for Best Public Market Across the US Congratulations Cincinnati #6 and Columbus #7 Will be exciting to see future years when North Market has expanded on combining the old and new with more vendors/space!!

I was recently at the NYC game and got to enjoy the Net Jets Suites Level, and the garage and angle of the facade look nice from here too.

The new lighting on display atop the Rhodes Tower last night in July red white & blue. Happy to see some exterior lighting on another tower downtown. I still wish Huntington would step up their lighting game.

Evening view of the crane going up. Love how the lighting from "Current" glows on it!!

Columbus Ranked #7 in the May Realtor.com stats/report... May 2023 Hottest Housing Markets

Also it's going to be coming down in the winter months, so if anything it will always have an annual clean up and any repairs/maintenance items that need addressed...

The exterior design of this reminds me of Nationwide Children's along Livingston Ave. in Columbus, but with more concrete panels instead of glass.

There has been honestly huge strides over the last decade. There is still work to be done, however the water quality is by far better than it used to be. They have worked year over year to obtain more funding piece by piece and have been pro-actively rebuilding the wetlands. Specifically there are 7 streams the feed into Grand Lake from the south side of the lake. Over the last decade they have installed the following: 1. Coldwater Creek Treatment Train (2015-2016) Treatment Train Video 2016 2. Beaver Creek Treatment Train (2018) 3. Prairie Creek 1 & 2 Treatment Trains (2012 - 2013) Prairie Creek Treatment Train Overview 4. Big Chickasaw & Little Chickasaw Treatment Trains (Currently under construction) 5. Continual additions of downstream wetlands. 6. Continual dredging. 7. Many additions of aeration systems in key channels 8. Take a look at this comprehensive 2022 Lake Improvement Association Report https://lakeimprovement.com/2022-in-review/ Is it perfect, no, no lake in Ohio probably ever will be, but it's headed into a much healthier direction and has made huge progress.

I may be in the minority, but I'm okay with 3rd getting priority over High. Don't get me wrong I think having both would be great, but I see more value in 3rd based on the south portion of downtown as well as the activity into German Village off of 3rd. I understand that there is a lot of "activity" next to the government buildings, but every time I drive down there, it's a lot of loitering/waiting for court appearances/bails and police, and I can't imagine wanting to dine out on a patio next to that. It's not the same as the Short North entrance IMO. 3rd street puts you right right next to Katzinger's as well as all the other shops/restaurants headed into German Village. I also find 3rd street being a much more inviting "entrance/exit" of German Village into or out of downtown with the tree lined streets and what not. High Street in this area of Columbus is much more broad and large and fast. Again, not trying to ruffle any feathers here, I just honestly see some solid value in putting this at 3rd.

A year later, and more progress in this little lake town.... 1. Phase 2 of Boardwalk Village is well under construction. They've also added a marketplace for pop up vendors and significantly added to the neighboring Boardwalk Grill with the addition of a large stage and even brought in on old tug boat from Michigan and transformed it into a pizza kitchen/bar. https://boardwalkvillage.com/ https://theboardwalkgrill.com/ 2. The historic Lininger Building on Main Street, which was slated for demolition had some major investors step in, including Brackett Builders, the contracting partner with Crawford Hoying. Fun fact, the Hoying part of Crawford Hoying is originally from St. Henry, just South of Celina. They've completely rehabbed this building in a major way. Also brought in a new beautiful restaurant that honestly will add an elevated experience for this area of Ohio called The James Watson House. James Watson Riley was the founder of Celina in 1834. Including a before/after picture. https://dailystandard.com/archive/2023-05-23/stories/47638/welcome-to-the-james-watson-house (Before during demolition plans) 3. Several investors have recently announced they are taking a long time vacant building on Main Street and transforming it into a "Fun Center" similar to a PINs Mechanical and ax throwing that we see in the cities. It will be called The Refinery, a throwback to when oil was discovered in the 1800's here and the first form of off shore drilling was implemented on Grand Lake. https://www.dailystandard.com/archive/2023-05-31/stories/47716/family-fun-center-coming-to-town http://www.energyglobalnews.com/drilling-on-grand-lake-st-marys-in-1891/ Current Building, was once used for Wright State University as well as Ohio Northern University. All of these additions really do provide such vibrancy and life to these towns. The tourism in this area I think gets overlooked many times by all of us so focused on our Big C's and other larger cities, but believe it or not, there actually is quite a bit still happening in a few of our more rural pockets of the state. If you're looking to explore outside of the major cities a bit, I recommend a round-trip and stay in the Grand Lake region. Oh and the DORA is officially active and live.

I will be on the road to Philadelphia, so unfortunately will need to miss this one. I will make it to one of these someday lol

Do we have any update on when this is supposed to open? I know it says Summer 2023 and we're just getting started, but wasn't sure if there was any firm date set yet?

Was surprised to hear Indianapolis lost population. I know their pace has slowed relative to Columbus' but still didn't expect them to lose population. Either way, Columbus still chugging along steadily!!

Very happy to see this finally happening, I'm sure they needed to wait for better seasonal weather. I think people thought that the current panels were the final product.

Does Franklinton commission hold their meetings at similar time as downtown? I think DT is on the 23rd this month.

Only because I can't quite remember, but does anyone know the status on the project for 630 W Broad Street next to Holy Family Catholic Church? I thought a while back there were 2 buildings that were proposed, but forget if they actually got final approval and an estimated start date? I believe it's actually 2 lots, one of which buts up right against 315. I just can't seem to locate the final details and was curious. Also, I know Gravity is planning to do their Phase 3 "Greenhouse" addition, but has there been any chatter of the lots just west of this phase, I believe the old parking lot and building for Byers Auto? Furthermore, I'm very excited over the next few years to see the inevitable momentum move over 315 even further west towards the Tommy's Diner area of Franklinton. W. Broad Street is going to be lined with newbuilds by the time the next decade is up I'm sure. It really does have the opportunity over extended time to become what the Short North is but perhaps without all the college kids and convention crowds all the time.

I can only speculate, but without a major renovation, the Chase tower is likely considered dated now. I heard on bloomberg radio today that the commercial office space "crisis" is more in the class B and C areas, and these older buildings are probably more in that status. I also have heard that we have not seen the full fallout of office space reduction in all of our cities. Many companies are on the hook for 4-5 year leases or more and I think we will actually see even more drop-off/vacancy in office space into 2025 as these leases end and they reduce the square footage they need to renew at. So with that anticipation, I'm sure the current owners of the building would rather get ahead of that and move to rental/residential units. Especially in Columbus where it's basically a slam dunk guarantee over the next decade and onward that our downtown is growing from a residential/living standpoint.

Considering most mid-west downtown vacancy rates seems to be 19% - 24% post pandemic, I'd say 17% is actually on par or better at the moment given the pandemic circumstances. Personally I think it's great that we have investors that want to take these older office buildings and convert them to residential at a time where office space, especially dated office space, is not as in demand. Strike while it's hot, and obviously Columbus is the hottest in the Midwest for the foreseeable future and their goals to bolster downtown population. Based on the year over year influx of population the numbers are simply obvious occupying these will not be difficult. That isn't to say we convert many of these over the next decade to residential and then have an office shortage/demand come the 2030's and find ourselves in the position to build a brand new office tower or two when the demand/time is right. All speculation, but I think all of this momentum is fantastic!!

Do we have a unit count?